Aphorisms



All sanity depends on this: that it should be a delight to feel heat strike the skin, a delight to stand upright, knowing the bones are moving easily under the flesh.

-- Doris Lessing

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A closed mouth gathers no feet. Anonymous 5.0
A girl should not expect special privileges because of her sex but neither... Betty Friedan 5.0
A government that is big enough to give you all you want is big enough to... Barry Goldwater 5.0
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A lot of people mistake a short memory for a clear conscience. Doug Larson 5.0
A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature... Tennessee Williams 5.0
All my possessions for a moment of time. Elizabeth I 3.3
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Acting is all about honesty. If you can fake that, you've got it made. George Burns
Advice is judged by results, not by intentions. Cicero
A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of... George Bernard Shaw
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A hero is one who does what he can. The others don't. Romain Rolland 3.3
All Faith is false, all Faith is true: Truth is the shattered mirror strown... Sir Richard Francis Burton 3.1
A bad beginning makes a bad ending. Euripides 3.0